Do Sleeper Trains Resemble their Country’s Leader?? For those of you eager for a sequel to my blog from the German Nachtzug, here ‘tis. The Paris – Venice Treno Notte has advanced my insights into the special ways that so-called sleepers help me, and maybe other...

Many men are searching for meaning, a sense that the events of their life matter and have a shape to them. I have hatched a belief that steam trains can help in this. If you’re aged late fifties or older, you’ll have grown up with steam trains in your childhood. I...

I am writing this at the end of May 2011: it has been one of the most exciting Premiership seasons for years, with the relegation battles going right to the wire on the last day. Followed by the extraordinary experience of our League champions being totally...